Bloomington Early Music Festival
For the past seventeen years, Early Music Associates, Inc. has encouraged and celebrated historically informed performance with an annual festival, seasonal concerts, numerous educational events in the immediate regions, and by committed support for emerging performing artists. The Bloomington Early Music Festival (BLEMF) traditionally presents concerts featuring the music of the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods.
War and peace have been a part of human society for time immemorial, and for centuries composers have chosen to reflect them in their music. In selecting this theme for its festival, BLEMF links musical performance to scholarly research in the humanities, and in particular the disciplines of history, folklore, and linguistics. BLEMF is collaborating with the Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences Themester initiative, and the festival is part of the Themester calendar. Additional support is provided by Georgina Joshi Foundation of South Bend, Indiana; the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and Early Music Institute; the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology; the Bloomington Arts Commission and the City of Bloomington; and WFIU.
In addition to our featured concerts listed on the Festival page, a number of lectures, panel discussions, and fringe concerts will fill out our program.
